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1. 04:17 AM - Re: Brakes (Ducati SS)
2. 04:41 AM - Re: Re: Brakes (John Hauck)
3. 06:11 AM - Re: Brakes (Ducati SS)
4. 08:38 AM - ELSA...? (Nick Cassara)
5. 10:29 AM - Re: ELSA...? (B Young)
6. 05:49 PM - Re: Brakes (olendorf)
7. 08:34 PM - Re: Weak gear leg fitting? (Richard Pike)
8. 08:39 PM - Re: Weak gear leg fitting? (Richard Pike)
9. 09:05 PM - Re: Re: Weak gear leg fitting? (John Hauck)
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Firefly brakes. Have not taxied with these yet but they work well on the considerable
slope of my driveway. Changed to these to save weight, had Black Max which
worked extremely well but this setup is 4 to 4.25 lbs. lighter.
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Very clean and professional installation.
What size tires are you using? They look very small.
Larger tires and low air pressure take a lot of shock load off the gear legs
and airframe.
john h
mkIII
Titus, Alabama
Firefly brakes. Have not taxied with these yet but they work well on the
considerable slope of my driveway. Changed to these to save weight, had
Black Max which worked extremely well but this setup is 4 to 4.25 lbs.
lighter.
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I will need to go out to the hanger to check size but yes they are narrow. Given
a choice I would much rather have the Black Max rims and tires, landings with
those were very gentle. Unfortunately they were to heavy. With the products
on the market I do not believe it possible to get much lighter than this setup.
I called Travis and requested a new set of gear sockets with the axle tube 9/16"
shorter than standard, this saved over 1" of 4130 and axle. All the bolts
and axles are Ti, axle nuts are nylock AL, cable splitter is CF, Ti and AL, lever
is a 37 gram bicycle unit, the splitter is under the rear of the seat to
save running two cables to the lever, caliper carriers are drilled and wheel spacers
are plastic. I also made an AL and CF BRS mount saving 1 lb and am currently
adapting an auto racing 4 point harness, again saving about 1lb. Longer
term I have a Kawasaki TA440 to install which will be about 10 lbs. lighter and
allow me to reinstall the Black Max brakes if the narrow tires do not work out.
One plus to the current system is a reduction of drag.
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Hello All,
In my case I bought a kit to recreate a prototype aircraft that no longer
exists. It will not be an exact copy of the prototype plane that no longer
exists, and the design was and will remain significantly deferent from the
production model. Do you think I will be able to get an ELSA?
Thanks,
Nick Cassara
Palmer, Alaska
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If the kit was an approved as an esla kit you should be ok. Even if the
prototype no longer exist. The inspector will only be able to compare your
finished project to the esla approved plans. If you don't have esla
plans. Imho in my humble opinion,, your only option is eab. And if
you have esla plans and have made any modifications while building your
plane does not fit esla rules. You would be left with eab
Boyd young
On Aug 16, 2014 9:40 AM, "Nick Cassara" <nickc@mtaonline.net> wrote:
> Hello All,
>
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> In my case I bought a kit to recreate a prototype aircraft that no longer
> exists. It will not be an exact copy of the prototype plane that no longer
> exists, and the design was and will remain significantly deferent from the
> production model. Do you think I will be able to get an ELSA?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Nick Cassara
>
> Palmer, Alaska
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> *
>
>
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DucattiSS, Those brakes look so clean they almost look like they were computer
generated. Time to get them dirty.
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Scott Olendorf
Original Firestar, Rotax 447, Powerfin prop
Schenectady, NY
http://sites.google.com/site/kolbfirestar/
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Subject: | Re: Weak gear leg fitting? |
John Hauck wrote:
> Fourteen years ago a single failed gear leg/axle socket put a stop to my second
attempt to fly my MKIII to Point Barrow, Alaska. That single gear leg/axle
socket cost me a torn up airplane, a lot of grief and money, plus 30 days to hitchhike
and fly commercial to Alabama, find a 24 foot enclosed trailer, then
drive back to northern British Columbia to retrieve my airplane.
>
> I have been using heat treated 4130 gear legs since 1987, but I was still using
a bolt on gear leg/axle socket because it was easier for me to align the main
gear. Brother Jim wanted to fabricate the steel gear legs with .120" axle sockets
welded to the end of the gear leg, but I resisted and ended up paying dearly
for that decision. I have been flying with the same set of steel gear legs
with welded axle sockets since I rebuilt the MKIII in 2000 and 2001. Dont know
how many hours or landings I have on those gear legs, but I am still flying
with them.
>
> I have torn up Firestar fuselages with aluminum gear legs, i.e., ripped out gear
leg sockets. The aluminum gear legs my save fuselages in some cases, but not
in all cases.
>
> john h
> mkIII
> Titus, Alabama
>
>
Talked to Travis and ordered new FSII aluminum gear legs and steel end fittings
for the axle, he did not mention steel gear legs for the FSII. Are there any
steel FSII gear legs? If so, I would like to know about it.
Should I call Travis back on Monday and change my order?
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Richard Pike
Kolb MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)
Kingsport, TN 3TN0
My soul shall be joyful in the LORD; It shall rejoice in His salvation. Psalm 35:9
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Subject: | Re: Weak gear leg fitting? |
baberdk wrote:
> You might want to rethink modifying that. Forced landings will cause damage,
it's just where you want it to happen.
>
> Sincerely,
> Denny Baber baberdk@gmail.com (baberdk@gmail.com)
> 309-796-2476
> Preconceived notions are the locks on the door to wisdom
>
This is what happens when the fitting on the end of the gear leg breaks, the wheel
comes off, and the end of the gear leg stobs into the ground. How much worse
could it be?
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Richard Pike
Kolb MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)
Kingsport, TN 3TN0
My soul shall be joyful in the LORD; It shall rejoice in His salvation. Psalm 35:9
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Subject: | Re: Weak gear leg fitting? |
I don't know.
john h
mkIII
Titus, Alabama
Talked to Travis and ordered new FSII aluminum gear legs and steel end
fittings for the axle, he did not mention steel gear legs for the FSII. Are
there any steel FSII gear legs? If so, I would like to know about it.
Should I call Travis back on Monday and change my order?
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Richard Pike
Kolb MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)
Kingsport, TN 3TN0
My soul shall be joyful in the LORD; It shall rejoice in His salvation.
Psalm 35:9
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